Leaving – Waiting – An Offer – Names – Steps – Circles – Threes and Eights, a story – with more thoughts on the purpose of art and literature (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** I…

Remaining, chapter 46 of Coherence, the first volume of Notes for a Mythology – and Chuang Tzu Revisited, a very, very short story (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** The second selection is more of an…

The Center of the Universe – Intelligence – The Forge – The Minotaur – The List – and Pure Land, a story, Part Two of Two (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** Last month, I had…

The Pines – The Skies Are Not Cloudy – Turning – Catching the Westbound – Pure Land, a story, Part One of Two – with more on the catastrophe (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** If…

Dust – Plans – All the News There’s Ever Been – Disappearing – A Ride – Difficult Times – Visitation, a story – with some thoughts on resistance (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** These chapters…

Strange Powers – Houses, Windows – The Joke, a story – with readings on language, freedom, censorship, identity, representation, community, access, justice, and loss (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** The Joke, like virtually everything I…

Fatherly Advice – Meeting – Spheres – Arrival – The Witness, a story – with readings on possibility, appreciation, influence, appropriation, commitment, and transience in art (The following is a work of satire. The people and events depicted, including those based on real people and events, are all entirely fictional.) ***** Probably anyone who’s ever…